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Comment by burnt-resistor

4 months ago

That's still a MITM, albeit a LAN-local one. Non-LAN WAN isn't the total scope of MITMs.

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fulafel  4 months ago

If my computer asks your computer what dns server to use, and you respond with the address of a nefarious one, it's not necessarily a mitm.

  • webstrand  4 months ago

    The MitM happens when the client sends packets to the fake IP, I think the argument goes.

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